Enforce JavaScript and TypeScript dependency rules before architectural drift spreads with dependency-cruiser

Scan a JS or TS codebase for forbidden imports, circular dependencies, orphaned modules, and other dependency-rule violations before they turn into structural drift.

Prerequisites

Node.js, npm or pnpm

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

• npm install --save-dev dependency-cruiser
• yarn add -D dependency-cruiser
• pnpm add -D dependency-cruiser
• npx depcruise --init

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

• shell

• or

• ... and generate a config

• Source: https://github.com/sverweij/dependency-cruiser

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sverweij/dependency-cruiser/HEAD/README.md

Documentation

• https://github.com/sverweij/dependency-cruiser

Source

• Agent Skill Exchange